Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 23:10:09 +0800 (AWST) From: Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> To: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recommended Way To Update Old Systems To Current Versions Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1705102308580.10257@bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE.home> In-Reply-To: <22802.2537.603844.409826@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <CY4PR20MB154453DE4CDB04AC8B75C774B3EF0@CY4PR20MB1544.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <22802.2537.603844.409826@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Tue, 9 May 2017, it was written > Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 02:26:49 > To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> > Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> > Subject: Recommended Way To Update Old Systems To Current Versions > > > Drew Tomlinson writes: > >> I’m running two boxes with FreeBSD and both have been neglected >> for years. > > To the degree this is literally true, I join others in > recommending: > > 1) make a list of ports, and port options. > 2) back _everything_ up > 3) scrub the disk > 4) install from scratch > > (2) and (3) can be combined by using a new disk, and keeping the > old one as a permanant archive. > Technically, it's more work. But it avoids several minefields, > and you going to have to (re)build the ports (which is the big time > sink) anyway. > > > Respectfully, > > > Robert Huff > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I am wondering at the integrity and sincerity of email messages where no sender is shown in the header, and I am wondering whether his is some kind of new security attack. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 10 16:55:23 2017 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00658D66B73 for <freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Wed, 10 May 2017 16:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "cdptpa-oedge", Issuer "cdptpa-oedge" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BEEBBA25 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 10 May 2017 16:55:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baho-utot@columbus.rr.com) Received: from [65.186.81.207] ([65.186.81.207:47689] helo=raspberrypi.bildanet.com) by cdptpa-omsmta01 (envelope-from <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com>) (ecelerity 3.6.9.48312 r(Core:3.6.9.0)) with ESMTP id A5/A0-28916-F3443195; Wed, 10 May 2017 16:47:59 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.143] (helo=desktop.example.com) by raspberrypi.bildanet.com with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com>) id 1d8UmN-0006ix-Ag for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 May 2017 12:47:59 -0400 To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> Subject: CD/DVD USB plugin Message-ID: <28aad046-6ef7-fd47-9920-7d7078541de6@columbus.rr.com> Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 12:47:59 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.6:25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 16:55:23 -0000 Does FreeBSD support a USB CD drive? If so what would be the entry in /dev? FreeBSD desktop.example.com 11.0-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p9 #0 r316958: Sat Apr 15 09:25:18 EDT 2017 root@desktop.example.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
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